# Marjean Holden

Marjean Holden (born Margaret Jean Holden; November 3, 1964) is an American actress, stuntwoman, martial artist, author and director.

## Early life and education

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised in Vail, Colorado, Holden attended Battle Mountain High School, where she was a hitter on the volleyball team. She attended Northern Arizona University, where she had a volleyball scholarship, and Arizona State University.

## Career

Holden made her professional acting debut in 1989 in the feature film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. She has guest-starred in JAG, Tales from the Crypt, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, La Femme Nikita, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Suddenly Susan, and The Steve Harvey Show.
She was featured in Steven Spielberg's The Lost World and Jan de Bont's Speed 2: Cruise Control, as well as other films including Philadelphia Experiment II as Jess after Courteney Cox bowed out of the role.
Holden is known for such television roles as Arina in the adventure series BeastMaster. Holden played a role as an Earthforce navigator on board the Excalibur, in the Babylon 5 movie Babylon 5: A Call to Arms.
In the short-lived Babylon 5 spin-off television series Crusade she served as Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sarah Chambers on the same ship. She appeared as Sheeva in the film Mortal Kombat Annihilation, and starred as Jesse Gavin, an undercover cop specializing in martial arts alongside Cory Everson in Ballistic (1995).

## Personal life

Outside of the world of film and television, Holden has worked with combat veterans, and received an award from the Military Order of the Purple Heart in 1996 for "caring about combat-wounded veterans and veterans as a whole". In 1998 she married writer Anton Knezevich.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | The Click | Voodoo Priestess (uncredited) | |
| 1988 | Bloodstone | Shirley | |
| 1988 | Glitch! | Kathy | |
| 1989 | Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls | Something Else | |
| 1989 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | Student Speaker | |
| 1989 | Dr. Caligari | Patient In Bed | |
| 1990 | Secret Agent OO Soul | Limousine Driver | |
| 1990 | Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation | Jane | Video |
| 1992 | Sweet Justice | M.J. | |
| 1992 | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | Stewardess | |
| 1992 | Nemesis | Pam | |
| 1993 | Philadelphia Experiment II | Jess | |
| 1995 | Ballistic | Jesse | |
| 1995 | Automatic | Epsilon Leader | |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Screamer | |
| 1997 | Mortal Kombat Annihilation | Sheeva, Shao Kahn's General | |
| 1998 | Vampires | Female Master #6 | |
| 1998 | Thursday | Pregnant Woman | |
| 2001 | Ghosts of Mars | Young Woman | |
| 2003 | George of the Jungle 2 | Sally | Video |
| 2005 | Hostage | Officer Carol Flores | |
| 2010 | Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen | Marjean | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989–1990 | A Different World | Nikki | Episode: "Great Expectations" and "Hillman Isn't Through with You Yet" |
| 1990 | So Proudly We Hail | Harvard Student | TV film |
| 1990 | Jake and the Fatman | Sarah Fox | Episode: "You Took Advantage of Me" |
| 1992 | True Colors | Tiffany | Episode: "Half a Man" |
| 1993 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Shantay | Episode: "Bundle of Joy" |
| 1993 | Where I Live | Karen | Episode: "I Live Where?" |
| 1993 | Renegade | Lieutenant Sharon Miller / Tigress | Episodes: "Fighting Cage: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1994 | The Sinbad Show | Gillian | Episode: "The Dog Episode" |
| 1994 | Wings | Marjean | Episode: "Exclusively Yours" |
| 1994 | One Woman's Courage | Sandra Widdoes | TV film |
| 1994 | Tales from the Crypt | Andrea Johnson | Episode: "The Pit" |
| 1995 | Pointman | Shanda | Episode: "Everything in the World" |
| 1995 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Doreen | Episode: "Hero" |
| 1995 | In the House | Rogina | Episode: "Birthday Presence" |
| 1996 | JAG | Lieutenant Sanford M.D. | Episode: "The Brotherhood" |
| 1996 | Suddenly Susan | Wendy | Episode: "Hoop Dreams" |
| 1997 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Stolzoff | Episode: "Empok Nor" |
| 1997 | Pacific Blue | Biggs | Episode: "Only in America" |
| 1998 | The Steve Harvey Show | Maxine | Episode: "Just My Imagination" |
| 1999 | Babylon 5: A Call to Arms | Earthforce Navigator | TV film |
| 1999 | La Femme Nikita | Aurora | Episode: "Hand to Hand" |
| 1999 | Crusade | Dr. Sarah Chambers | Main role (13 episodes) |
| 2000–2002 | BeastMaster | Arina | Recurring role (22 episodes) |
| 2001 | Code Red | Lieutenant Joyce Darwin | TV film |
| 2009 | ER | Elise Warner | Episode: "T-Minus-6" |
| 2022 | Garrison7 | | |